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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012,11, 620-622
DOI:
10.1039/C2PP05359D
Received
26 Oct 2011,
Accepted
23 Feb 2012
First published online
12 Mar 2012
A photoactivatable caged cyanide, 1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl (NPE) cyanide, was synthesized, which upon irradiation in the near UV releases cyanide. It is demonstrated that the compound can be used to induce formation of the FeIII–CN− complex in the heme protein nitrophorin 4 from Rhodnius prolixus.
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